2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup

2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup
2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Duration	May 19 – August 16, 2019
TV partner(s)	Local: ; ESPN5 ; 5 ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	TNT KaTropa
Awards
Best Player	Jayson Castro; (TNT KaTropa)
Best Import	Terrence Jones; (TNT KaTropa)
Finals MVP	Terrence Romeo; (San Miguel Beermen)
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
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PBA conference chronology
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The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2019 Honda–PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the second conference of the 2019 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10".

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

Single-round robin eliminations; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, a playoff game will be held only for the #8 seed.
Quarterfinals:
- QF1: #1 vs #8 (#1 twice-to-beat)
- QF2: #2 vs #7 (#2 twice-to-beat)
- QF3: #3 vs #6 (best-of-3 series)
- QF4: #4 vs #5 (best-of-3 series)
Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
- SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
- SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner
Finals (best-of-7 series)
- F1: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT KaTropa	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	NorthPort Batang Pier	9	2	.818	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Blackwater Elite	7	4	.636^[a]	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^[a]	3
5	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	5	6	.455^[b]	5
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^[b]	5
7	San Miguel Beermen	5	6	.455^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364^[c]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Meralco Bolts	4	7	.364^[c]	6
10	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[c]	6
11	Columbian Dyip	3	8	.273^[d]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273^[d]	7

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.012, Meralco 1.011, Phoenix 0.977; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated Meralco
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 NLEX

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska	COL	NP	TNT	NLEX	MAG	MER	PHX	SMB	BGSM	ROS	BWE
Barangay Ginebra	BWE	MER	NP	ROS	TNT	SMB	NLEX	PHX	ALA	MAG	COL
Blackwater	MER	BGSM	COL	PHX	ROS	NLEX	SMB	NP	MAG	TNT	ALA
Columbian	ALA	MER	BWE	NLEX	MAG	TNT	ROS	SMB	NP	PHX	BGSM
Magnolia	ALA	NP	NLEX	COL	PHX	SMB	MER	BWE	BGSM	ROS	TNT
Meralco	BWE	COL	BGSM	ROS	PHX	ALA	TNT	NLEX	MAG	NP	SMB
NLEX	TNT	NP	ALA	COL	BWE	MAG	MER	BGSM	ROS	SMB	PHX
NorthPort	ALA	NLEX	TNT	BGSM	SMB	MAG	ROS	BWE	PHX	COL	MER
Phoenix	BWE	TNT	MER	ROS	ALA	MAG	NP	BGSM	COL	SMB	NLEX
Rain or Shine	MER	BWE	BGSM	PHX	NP	COL	NLEX	TNT	ALA	MAG	SMB
San Miguel	NP	TNT	BWE	BGSM	ALA	MAG	COL	NLEX	PHX	ROS	MER
TNT	NLEX	ALA	NP	PHX	SMB	BGSM	MER	COL	ROS	BWE	MAG

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results

Teams	ALA	BGSM	BWE	COL	MAG	MER	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	TNT
Alaska	—	106–118	104–112	111–98	103–80	93–89	100–87	81–103	76–78	84–86	107–119	85–99
Barangay Ginebra		—	107–108*	127–123*	102–81	110–95	100–85	73–70	103–111	81–104	110–107*	96–104
Blackwater			—	118–110	104–99*	94–91*	132–106	99–127	98–103	98–92	106–127	97–115
Columbian				—	103–110	92–101	120–105	108–110	100–98	86–88*	134–132*	102–109
Magnolia					—	99–88	98–88	99–102	99–96	82–86	118–82	83–98
Meralco						—	91–100	92–93	101–95	91–84	95–91	91–104
NLEX							—	79–83	87–85	100–97	105–109	87–102
NorthPort								—	87–97	107–105*	121–88	110–86
Phoenix Pulse									—	82–89	108–128	88–114
Rain or Shine										—	87–89	81–102
San Miguel											—	97–110
TNT												—

Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Alaska Aces 108, Meralco Bolts 103 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 29–15, 13–23, 28–30, Overtime: 12–7
Pts: Manuel 23 Rebs: Simpson 23 Asts: Banchero 9		Pts: James 34 Rebs: Almazan 13 Asts: James 8


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	TNT	72	104

8	Alaska	108	93
				1	TNT	3
(best-of-3)
				4	Barangay Ginebra	1
4	Barangay Ginebra		2

5	Magnolia		0
							1	TNT	2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							7	San Miguel	4
2	NorthPort	84	88

7	San Miguel	98	90
				7	San Miguel	3
(best-of-3)
				6	Rain or Shine	1
3	Blackwater		1

6	Rain or Shine		2

TNT KaTropa 72, Alaska Aces 108
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 23–26, 19–36, 12–19
Pts: Castro 23 Rebs: Jones, Trollano 6 Asts: Castro 3		Pts: Simpson, Teng 15 Rebs: Simpson 19 Asts: Enciso 5

TNT KaTropa 104, Alaska Aces 93
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 25–27, 35–27, 25–12
Pts: Jones 37 Rebs: Jones 22 Asts: Jones 9		Pts: Enciso 24 Rebs: Simpson 16 Asts: Banchero 9
TNT wins series in two games

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Eighth seed playoff

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) TNT vs. (8) Alaska

(2) NorthPort vs. (7) San Miguel

(3) Blackwater vs. (6) Rain or Shine

(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Magnolia

Semifinals

(1) TNT vs. (4) Barangay Ginebra

(6) Rain or Shine vs. (7) San Miguel Beermen

Finals

Imports

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

Rookies of the Month

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Local players

Import players

Individual game highs

Local players

Import players

Team statistical leaders

References

External links